[1stTankie]

Hi Rob

Well done, I think you've got it!

For those readers who have patiently (or otherwise) followed the saga of the lack of photographic evidence of the common 14th Hussars "Oval badge" together with the growing anxiety that that it may never have been worn at all, you may now rest easy thanks to the determined pursuance, with typical bulldog tenacity, by Robthereiver.

Rob has attached two photgraphs of The Yorkshire Dragoons at Welbeck Camp in 1903. In both Captain W G Eley, 14th Hussars, sits with the Commanding Officer, Colonel the Earl of Scarbrough. Captain Eley is clearly wearing the oval 14H cap badge, this being the first photographic evidence I have seen.

Well done Rob and thank you.

That having been said I hope this will bring forth a torrent of pictures proving my previous reservations to have been ill founded. I hope so.

It also raises the question, does anyone have what they believe to be an officer's version of this badge? Is it simply a matter of lugs for officers and sliders for soldiers? At the time, 1903, the would all have had lugs.

Best wishes

Gordon